ReaderBank: Unlocking the Mind and Mental Health

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ReaderBank is an ambitious attempt to create the world's largest study of reading, imagination, and mental health. A collaboration between our Festival and researchers from Durham University, ReaderBank returns with new insights about what happens when we read. Join lead researcher Ben Alderson-Day for a workshop focused on the findings so far, what they tell us about the science of the imagination, and how reading unlocks new frontiers for mental health, psychological therapy, and neurodiversity. 

Supported by the Institute for Medical Humanities at Durham University.

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Workshops

Audiences will have the chance to take an in-depth look at the little details that make a writer’s work really sing or expand on their own creative skills with an exciting range of Workshops…

Why not try? Shared Reading with Open Book Wed 20 Aug 11:00 - 12:30 Why not try? Thought Exercise: Barbara Demick Tue 12 Aug 12:00 - 13:30